Current reading: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Yes, you read that right, I'm listening to Weird Al's Fat, his spoof of Michael Jackson's Bad. I still find Al's video hilariously funny. So why am I watching it? Well, it ties in loosely with what I'm writing about in this post.
Long story short, I had a check-up over the past few months and overall I'm in good health... except for my liver. Don't worry, it's not serious (yet) but could become serious over time. I have what is ignominiously called fatty liver.
PLEASE NO ONE TELL MY MOM! I MEAN IT!
She will freak out in no uncertain terms. This is manageable but if she gets wind of it, it won't be. I love my Mom dearly but some things she just doesn't need to know.
Anyway, back to the fat. Essentially it is an excess build up of fat in and around the liver which is gradually impeding the liver in its normal functions (gee, wonder where they got the name for it?). Right now it's not serious but left unchecked, it could eventually become cirrhosis. This is a lifetime's worth of eating anything I wanted whenever I wanted in any amount I wanted catching up with me at last. So now it's official: I must eat healthy and I must exercise.
Shoot me now.
Ok, maybe don't shoot me. The change has begun... slowly. I have started altering my diet. Fat, sugar & processed foods of any kind have to go. In with the veggies and fibre and twigs and lawnmower clippings and so on. This is going to be a serious challenge since I have a sweet tooth the size of Jupiter. But it's gotta be done. And it will be good for me. I've known for a long time now that I need to lose about 40 pounds - or about 8 inches of belly fat. So, now I have the doctor's orders to back it up.
So, I can identify with Weird Al like never before. I'm fat, I'm fat, really really fat... but I can laugh at myself as much as I laugh at the video. It will take a while. It will be painful, in a figurative sense. Once I actually start exercising it will become painful in the literal sense. But at the end of it all, I should be leaner and healthier. THAT'S what I need to keep in mind. But for now... me & Weird Al will be buddies.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... ANY AND ALL SUGGESTIONS on how to eat or exercise are most welcome! I'm a newbie at this!
Fat and fighting it in Dave's World,
DW
